Alan Moore, the creator of the greatest comic book of all time, Watchmen, and Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the creators of the second greatest comic book rock band of […]
New York Magazine cover boys and Rock NYC Top five album of the years (probably 2nd best after Black Eyed Peas) Dirty Projectors will be following up the previously reported
At a recent lunch my friend Liam Murphy and I are got onto the subject of music so while everybody rolled their eyes and tossed their salad we discussed best
My discussion with Art Alexakis got me thinking. Why do we idolize or look up to people who can clank things together or speak in melody (which is all singing
Steve Tyler is NOT LEAVING AERSOMITH , Rocker NYC’s Todd Leibowitz reports. Tyler walked on stage last night while the Joe Perry Project to perform “Walk This Way” At the
Brooklyn Indie drummer Jerry Fuchs died Sunday morning attempting to jump from a stalled elevator to the shock of the entire scene. A blog has been started at holyghostnyc.blogspot.com with
Art Alexakis is a punk rock dad. Tonight, Art took a break from the filming of a documentary spotlighting punk rock dads in which he sings ‘Father of Mine’, to
What is the hard part in making it big Last week we told you how Baria Qureshi, the XX guitarist quit due to exhaustion. Now comes word that English rapper Chipmunk,
I thought for sure Phish would be bringing in 2010 at MSG but Mariah Carey got the short straw and now comes word the jamalama boys will be at Miami’s
Hint? It doesn’t rhyme with MARIJUANA but they shoe horn it in!! Written by Sonic Youth as Ciccone Youth it is an extended metaphor (according to the folks at songmeanings.com)
Paul Erol Finn is the man behind Odessa records, an independent label whose aim is to “release awesome music on CD, Vinyl, and Digital formats, with a focus on (but
Joe Jackson, a reptile who wanders the earth in human form, is accusing the executors of his son Michael Jackson’s estate of fraud. I think Joe overplayed his hand. If
I don’t always agree with New York Daily News Chief Music Critic Jim farber but I always trust he has an informed opinion. Farber’s review on Bon Jovi’s “The Circle”
“Let’s face it, sonically and lyrically, Aerosmith was always much better high than sober.” A page before Dan Aquilante’s pathetic Bon Jovi review in today’s Post, writer Peter Lauria nails
Prodigal Son (Live) – The Rolling Stones – “Are you sure you can you dig it?” Mr. Jagger inquires on this newly released song from their November 1969 concert at
Wow, I can’t seem to get away from posting about these guys. This in from Todd Leibowitz… Bon Jovi’s new album, The Circle, is out today! Get it for $3.99
I wouldn’t pick on dan Aquitane if he wasn’t so damn high profile and if he didn’t make me wake every morning to some new piece of profoundly stupid bullshit.
This one is gonna make you choke on your Weetabix. Dan McGee’s band Spider Bags current album Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World is (and this figure is about as
Mike Nessing was raving about Fleet Foxes the other day, now comes word their drummer and back up singer J. Tillman is releasing his new album (his sixth -who knew)
I’ve loved Jon Pareles ever since he edited me in the Voice when christgau was on vacation and has been nothing but polite to me on the occasions I’ve run
Yesterday I wastrying to figure out what Matt Ward was singing about on his great song “One Life Away” and so I went where I always go when I’m in
I’ve been worrying on metacritic.com’s approval algorythm on Rock NYC for months now, they never seem quite accurate and while I appreciate that rock critics can be an obtuse lot,
The Rocket SummerYou Gotta Believe EPOctober 27th, 2009Island Records The second I purchased the four song EP from The Rocket Summer, I plugged it in and put it on a
I caught Tigercity at Mercury Lounge back in September and thought they were really good in a blue eyed soul kinda way. And loved their Pretend Not To Love EP
Neil Young smiling, somebody call the gloomy gus police I didnt have the jack to splurge on it, but all accounts ive read say his “Archives” volume 1 is drop
Friday night at Downtown LA’s Palace Julian Casablancas played a short set including interval of the eight songs on his new solo album Phrazes For the Young and a coupla
Whatever happened to Neil Young: the most boring bastard who ever wandered on stage at MSG around 10pm on a weeknight, plugged in his guitar, and jammed to songs nobody
Once Kanye pulled I would bet the rent we were gonna get Phish but no, a year after My Morning Jacket changed my life we’re getting My Evening Carey. Mariah
My friend Steve Diamond went to the show Sunday night and has promised to post a review but while we wait… “Best Springsteen show ever”, “Never seen anyone work MSG
I’ve admired New York Post writer Phil Mushnick’s Equal Time Sports in the media column for years; nobody gets it righter fo the most part. But he lost the plot
“Long White Desert Rose” off Spider Bag’s Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World, is how it all comes together. This is the song the Black Crowes haven’t come within a
I’ve done nothing but run into Elvis Costello all year long and with the exception of a great opening song at Beacon cover of “My Resistance Is Low” and a
Bob Jovi, “The Circle” (Island)Tori Amos, Midwinter Graces (Universal)AC/DC, Backtrack (Sony)Switchfoot, “Hello Hurricane” (Atlantic)The Killers, “Live At The Albert Hall” (Island)Anthrax, “Among the Living” (Island)Brian Culbertson, “Live from the Inside”
As reported in Rock NYC November 6th and ending any speculation, Steve Tyler has quit Aerosmith after forty years. Guitarist Joe Perry claims Tyler just got up and left. “He
Jerry Fuchs, just back from playing drums with psychedelic indie band Masarati, died Sunday morning, trying to jump out of a stalled elevator in downtown Brooklyn. He was thirty-four years
When not helping Lil Wayne record the worst rap of his career, Rivers Cuomo is hawking Wuggies, which are snuggies with the Weezer logo, those blankets with holes for your
I finally got around to downloading Charlotte Gainsbourg ‘s mp3 single off her January release with Beck.Tribal drums meets disconnected Gainsbourg vocals and a ringing telephone. This is what they
Albums released this week:Biffy Clyro – ‘Only Revolutions’Githead – ‘Landing’Lupe Fiasco – ‘Super Fiasco Bros’Robbie Williams – ‘Reality Killed The Video Star’Shirley Bassey – ‘Performance’Snow Patrol – ‘Up To Now’Singles
Jon Bon Jovi to appear on the the season Premiere of James Liptons popular interview show Inside The Actors Show, November 16th, 2009. Jon Bon Jovi is yo action what
Between canxd shows, fainting episodes, and stints in hospital, Morrissey’s 2009 UK has been hardly the adventure of a lifetime and on Saturday night in Liverpool it reached a quick
Rock NYC writer discusses Minus The Bear whose “Into The Mirror” currently holds the # 1 spot in Canada’s Hot 100.Seattle quartet Minus the Bear is one of those bands
Bodies – Robbie Williams – Robbie is having some year between fighting with various members of Oasis, reforming Take That, his first new music in three years and on the
World – I Got The Feeling – Black eyed Peas USA – Wadya Say – Jason DeRulo Canada – Into Thr Mirror – Minus The Bear Europe – Sexy Chick
Australian politicians, apparently tired of explaining why their soldiers are in Afghanistan, are going after Britney Spears on tour down under. Apparently they are shocked, shocked, to discover Spears lipsynching
After the Monsters Of Rock concert Marie Lynn and I did the same thing. We went back to check out what we owned of Matt Ward in the fear we
So I get home from the Bruce concert around 1245am so I’m too late to catch young Taylor Swift on SNl, right? Wrong. I just hit restart and the program
During the encore last night, the bit where they all link hands at the edge of the stage, Bruce Springsteen’s wife, Patti Scialfa, whisper to her husband “That was a
I had a really hard time remembering my first real arena style concert. I had to call my sister to fact check.I know I saw Elton John in the giant
As a wee tween with the brain size around a hundredth of Mary Magpie’s at the same age, I loved comic books and loved Spiderman more than all the others. Kinda
Son beating MJ papa who will be soon in the running for the most reviled man in show biz since Ike Turner croaked has requested 20K a week from his
